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Household Collection (#74)

"Exploring the Essence of Household: From Nevis Peak to Broadway Village" Poster, The Vegetabull: A vibrant and quirky poster adorns the walls

Background imageHousehold Collection: The 2nd Life Guards

The 2nd Life Guards in the early 1900s. Date: 1900s

Background imageHousehold Collection: Advert for the Ministry of Food 1945

Advert for the Ministry of Food 1945
Something new in salad. Salad making gives full scope to your powers of invention. For almost all vegetables are at home in the salad bowl, and you can try them in almost endless combinations

Background imageHousehold Collection: Advert for the Ministry of Food 1944

Advert for the Ministry of Food 1944
Eggs are plentiful. Thanks to dried eggs, you can have at least three nourishing egg dishes every weeks. Small children can havemore

Background imageHousehold Collection: Advert for Rene Lalique Glass 1928

Advert for Rene Lalique Glass 1928
Advertisement for glassware by the renowned Rene Lalique, available from Breves Lalique Galleries near Sloane Street, London. Date: 1928

Background imageHousehold Collection: Empty metal tubes needed urgently 1942

Empty metal tubes needed urgently 1942
Save me ! Give your empty metal tubes and help the Red Cross & St. John. Help to relieve the drain on the Nations reduced metal supplies. Hand all empty collapsible metal tubes to your retailer

Background imageHousehold Collection: Advert for the Ministry of Food 1942

Advert for the Ministry of Food 1942
Home-guards of health. Of course you don t want to be a food crank. But it is useful to know that there are certain homely foods that can do a marvellous job of protecting you

Background imageHousehold Collection: Home-made toys for Christmas 1942

Home-made toys for Christmas 1942
Everyone is making toys. Noah never saw so many animals as are coming out of scrap-bags in every household for Christmas. The diagram given for the four animals shown are easy to follow. 1942

Background imageHousehold Collection: Advert for Sanitas - family antiseptic for wounds 1937

Advert for Sanitas - family antiseptic for wounds 1937
Just a small wound but.... I never run the risk of blood poisoning. As soon as any member of my family gets a scratch or cut, let alone a more serious wound, I instantly apply Sanitas

Background imageHousehold Collection: Advert for Beatl table lamps 1930

Advert for Beatl table lamps 1930
Beatl is a word that will soon be well known as word china - for Beatl is the name of the wonderful new material that is rapidly replacing china and glass everywhere

Background imageHousehold Collection: Advert for Vi-spring Mattress 1930

Advert for Vi-spring Mattress 1930
Its luxuriously comfortable ! Only thoses who slept upon a Vi-Spring can really appreciate the luxurious comfort of this fine overlay mattress

Background imageHousehold Collection: Advert for Pye Portable Radio 1930

Advert for Pye Portable Radio 1930
Pye Portable Radio... what a world of difference that one word makes. Ask your radio dealer. He will tell you of the magnificent reputation of the Pye Portable

Background imageHousehold Collection: Mending household items 1944

Mending household items 1944
Make Do and Mend. During World War Two women became very resourceful, they tackled repairs and maintenance of many clothing and household items, that today we would just throw away and replace. 1944

Background imageHousehold Collection: Home-made dolly for Christmas 1944

Home-made dolly for Christmas 1944
A cutie to make at home. Cut out pattern for a home-made dolly. 1944

Background imageHousehold Collection: Iron heater, 1888

Iron heater, 1888
An iron heater, as featured in Mrs. Beetons Household Management, 1888. Date: 1888

Background imageHousehold Collection: Hat iron, 1888

Hat iron, 1888
A hat iron, as featured in Mrs. Beetons Household Management, 1888. Date: 1888

Background imageHousehold Collection: Box iron, 1888

Box iron, 1888
A box iron, as featured in Mrs. Beetons Household Management, 1888. Date: 1888

Background imageHousehold Collection: Household Cavalry in Peace Day Victory parade, 1919

Household Cavalry in Peace Day Victory parade, 1919
Marshal Foch and General Maxime Weygand, along with other French commanders and soldiers, watch the Household Cavalry pass along the Mall in London as part of the Victory parade Peace Day

Background imageHousehold Collection: Advert for The General Electric Company 1943

Advert for The General Electric Company 1943
A battalion of kettles won t stop a tank. That is a job for gun, shells, mines and bombs. So that industry can concentrate its energies on the weapons and supplies of War

Background imageHousehold Collection: Edinburgh street scene

Edinburgh street scene
An Edinburgh street scene, showing two elderly neighbours chatting in the sunshine on washday

Background imageHousehold Collection: Woman sweeping a yard

Woman sweeping a yard
A woman sweeping a yard outside a barn

Background imageHousehold Collection: Advert for Clarkes babies food warmer 1913

Advert for Clarkes babies food warmer 1913
Bootle-fed babies are fed by night with a minimum of trouble where a Clarkes Food warmer is used. It heats liquid foods and keeps them warm throughout the night

Background imageHousehold Collection: Sir Sidney R. Greville, Vanity Fair, Spy

Sir Sidney R. Greville, Vanity Fair, Spy
The Hon. SIR SIDNEY ROBERT GREVILLE (1866-1927) Assistant Private Secretary to the Under-Secretary of State for India 1887

Background imageHousehold Collection: Lord Otho A. FitzGerald, Vanity Fair, Spy

Lord Otho A. FitzGerald, Vanity Fair, Spy
LORD ORTHO AUGUSTUS FITZGERALD (1827-1882) the third son of the 3rd Duke of Leinster. MP for Kildare, Treasurer (1866) then Comptroller of the Household from 1868 to 1874

Background imageHousehold Collection: Advert for Beatl coffee service 1930

Advert for Beatl coffee service 1930
Bright and colourful Beatl coffee service with tray to match, complete with quaintly-formed sugar and cream. Date: 1930

Background imageHousehold Collection: Trade catalogue for ice cream moulds 1911

Trade catalogue for ice cream moulds 1911
Trade catalogue for Harrords department store, showing pewter ice cream moulds. Date: 1911

Background imageHousehold Collection: Trade catalogue for Kettles and Stands 1911

Trade catalogue for Kettles and Stands 1911
Trade catalogue for Harrords department store, showing a variety of brass kettles and urns for use on the tea-table. Date: 1911

Background imageHousehold Collection: Trade catalogue for savoury and biscuit moulds 1911

Trade catalogue for savoury and biscuit moulds 1911
Trade catalogue for Harrords department store, showing a variety of designed moulds including crown, fish, butterfly and savoury and biscuit moulds. 1911

Background imageHousehold Collection: Trade catalogue for ice cream machines 1911

Trade catalogue for ice cream machines 1911
Trade catalogue for Harrords department store, showing ice cream making and freezing machines. 1911

Background imageHousehold Collection: Trade catalogue for irons 1911

Trade catalogue for irons 1911
Trade catalogue for Harrords department store, showing a selection of irons. Date: 1911

Background imageHousehold Collection: London Coal Exchange

London Coal Exchange
The Coal Exchange in Thames Street, a very important place when every household in London depended on the coal merchant. Date: 1830

Background imageHousehold Collection: Lord Hardwicke, Vanity Fair, Ape

Lord Hardwicke, Vanity Fair, Ape
CHARLES PHILIP YORKE, 5th Earl of HARDWICKE (1836-1897) styled Viscount Royston until 1873. British Conservative Party politician and Member of Parliament for Cambridgeshire

Background imageHousehold Collection: Advert for Main Mainstat gas cookers 1939

Advert for Main Mainstat gas cookers 1939
Advert for Main cabinet gas cooker Date: 1939

Background imageHousehold Collection: Polishing Shoes

Polishing Shoes
Photograph demonstrating how to polish shoes to ensure a perfect shine in 1911. Date: 1911

Background imageHousehold Collection: Ironing Collars

Ironing Collars
Photograph demonstrating the technique for ironing bib and collars in 1911. Date: 1911

Background imageHousehold Collection: Advert for Asprey cocktail cabinets 1936

Advert for Asprey cocktail cabinets 1936
Cocktail wagon in walnut and chromium, closing mahogany with chromium mounts, walnut with rising back panel fitted with English cut glass and separate serving tray and limed oak

Background imageHousehold Collection: Advert for Vi-spring Mattress 1929

Advert for Vi-spring Mattress 1929
Too tired to dance, a good partner - a fine band - a jolly evening wasted, because they are too tied to enjoy themselves. What a joy it is to get up each moring felling thoroughly rested

Background imageHousehold Collection: Advert for GEC Electric cleaner 1950

Advert for GEC Electric cleaner 1950
GEC Electric cleaner. 1950

Background imageHousehold Collection: Trade catalogue for hunting trophies 1937

Trade catalogue for hunting trophies 1937
Trade catalogue for Army and Navy Stores, showing a selection of hunting trophies including rhinoceros as a tobacco jar, elephants foot as a liqueur stand, deer slot mounted as a flower vase

Background imageHousehold Collection: Advert for Burndept - Ethodyne wireless 1925

Advert for Burndept - Ethodyne wireless 1925
Ethodyne wireless reception, double doors open front, with slight adjustments of only two dials, the Ethodyne enables you to listen to station after station, both British and continental

Background imageHousehold Collection: Viscount Belhaven

Viscount Belhaven
ROBERT DOUGLAS, viscount BELHAVEN Master of the Household to Charles I. Date: 1574 - 1639

Background imageHousehold Collection: Alexandrine Tinne

Alexandrine Tinne
ALEXANDRINE PETRONELLA FRANCINA TINNE Dutch traveler in Africa with her household in Algiers. Date: 1839 - 1869

Background imageHousehold Collection: J Hume Purves

J Hume Purves
J HUME PURVES Comptroller of the Household to Her Royal Highness the duchess of Cambridge, and presumably a friend of d Orsay. Date: circa 1838

Background imageHousehold Collection: Kids Hang out Washing

Kids Hang out Washing
Three children at a maternity hospital and creche in Paris, France, pegging out laundry on washing day. Date: early 1930s

Background imageHousehold Collection: Household Cupboard

Household Cupboard
Two young women look in an odds and ends cupboard in a corner under the stairs. Date: early 1930s

Background imageHousehold Collection: Disinfecting a Room

Disinfecting a Room
A young woman disinfecting a room. Date: early 1930s

Background imageHousehold Collection: Man Knitting

Man Knitting
Knit one, purl one.. a very smart man in a suit, with slicked-back hair and wearing spectacles, learning to knit in the comfort of his living room armchair. Date: early 1930s

Background imageHousehold Collection: George Baron Lansdowne

George Baron Lansdowne
GEORGE GRANVILLE, baron LANSDOWNE Courtier - Treasurer of the Household, writer. Date: 1667 - 1735

Background imageHousehold Collection: Drawings Prints, Print, Laban, Searching, Household, Gods, Artist, Gabriel de Saint-Aubin

Drawings Prints, Print, Laban, Searching, Household, Gods, Artist, Gabriel de Saint-Aubin
Drawings and Prints, Print, Laban Searching for his Household Gods, Artist, Gabriel de Saint-Aubin, French, Paris 1724-1780 Paris, Saint-Aubin, Gabriel de, 1724, 1780, ca. 1753, 1748, 1758




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"Exploring the Essence of Household: From Nevis Peak to Broadway Village" Poster, The Vegetabull: A vibrant and quirky poster adorns the walls, reminding us to embrace a healthy household with fresh produce. Nevis Peak: Towering majestically over the island of Nevis in the West Indies, this volcanic wonder serves as a reminder of nature's power and beauty within our household. The 199 Steps of Whitby at sunset: As twilight paints the sky in hues of gold and crimson, we find solace in these ancient steps that lead us towards serenity within our own homes. A Woman Reading: Inspired by Francois Bonvin's masterpiece, we are reminded to create an oasis for knowledge and introspection within our household sanctuary. Broadway village in The Cotswolds: Nestled amidst Gloucestershire's rolling hills, this picturesque hamlet embodies timeless charm and invites us to cultivate warmth and community spirit within our own households. Multicoloured houses in Varenna's old town: Like a vibrant palette brought to life on Lake Como's shores, let us infuse our households with colors that reflect joy, creativity, and individuality. The Kitchen-God: An enigmatic figure from 1922 reminds us to honor culinary traditions passed down through generations while creating delicious memories within our very own kitchens. Saint Bonaventure receiving the purple cardinalice: In this historic depiction lies a lesson on humility and grace - qualities worth cultivating when managing relationships within our households. Good jobs. Good money. Good times. : Let these words serve as a constant reminder that hard work can pave the way for prosperity and happiness within every corner of your household. Europe meets tradition at Horse Guards Parade : Witnessing London's Queens Life Guard (Household Cavalry Mounted Regiment) exudes grandeur while inspiring reverence for tradition and duty within our own households.